A bowl of ramen with bean sprouts and side dishes

I walk into the café run by the grandmas and choose a dish (ramen with mussels and yellow bean sprouts). One of the grandmas comes over with a spoon piled high with red pepper and very seriously asks, “This much?” 😅 My eyes went wide, she laughed, removed half the spoonful and asked again, “This much?” I said, “Just a liiiiittle…”, so she left only a tiny bit. I nodded and thanked her… it was still spicy 😂 but very tasty! ✨🙄

Ramen noodles lifted from a bowl

This text was translated from the original Russian version, so some wording or details may be inaccurate.